Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-03
ON THE CAMPUS.

ON THE CAMPUS.
Pundit CIub-SheG. Freshmen Choea
n Game and Decide TO Attend tin
Theater I'm a Body-Hartfor Alumr
Banquet-Class Germans Last Even
ing.
Only eight members of the college cho
| were present yesterday morning in the chap
| Ell, and the presence of only twenty junior
indicated the extent to which the whole elias
| Joined in the dissipation of the night previ
GUS.
DR.. Seaver is hard at work making GU
the measurements for $50 and 's9 s., ant
expects to have them out by the end of thi
week.
The Yale News of yesterday urges the Off
GERS of the Field corporation to take the mi
tiative at once for the building of horse car
track to the Yale Field.
The Pundit club will discuss tomorrow
evening the question, "Can We reasonably
indulge the hope of universal peacei"
At meeting of the Shelf. freshmen re-
Gently the chairman, Mr.. Paddock, exhibited
a sample of canes from which the class chose
one of English hazel with a large L shaped
silver head. The price of the cane will be
$5.75, including engraving, and already fifty
have subscribed to take it. The class voted
to attend the New Haven Opera House in a
body on Washington's birthday.
The Hartford Yale Alumni association will
give banquet next Tuesday evening, at
which President Dwight, President Smith of
Trinity college, Prof Sumner, Hon. Fl. G.
Robinson and Hon. George g. Sill will speak.
The senior german took place in the Athe-
neum last evening and was participated in
by about twenty five couples. Brigham led
the figures. The juniors held theirs in
LOOMS and was much larger, about forty
five couples joining in the figures which were
led by E. Allan. The 'S6 men who were here
for promenade week danced the figures of the
german in Ayion hall.
Only Four.
Superintendent Dorman of the Evergreen
cemetery says that last week there we're only
four intermerts in the cemetery during the
entire week and does not recollect a week in
years when the interments were SO few. The
four last week were all made in one day,
there being none at all for the remaining six
days. 1t is not unusual to have as many as
fifteen or sixteen interments in week.
Personal.
Mr.. S. NJ. Sutlif, of Bristol, is wintering
in Florida.
Elk Mayor WEIGH, of this city, continues to
improve daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Scowden, of Bridgeport,
left yesterday for Florida.
Mr.. William Wilkinson, of Birmingham, is
confined to his house by illness.
Chaplain Howard of the State prison is
steadily failing, and fears are entertained for
his recovery.
Albert II. Northrop, of this city, has just
had his pension increased by the authorities
at Washington.
Hon. Thomas Wallace, of Ansonia, return
ed from Europe Tuesday. The passage home
was very rough.
Professor Howard E. Smith, of Westport,
has been engaged as organist in the Baptist
church at Norwalk.
Mrs. Clara Burrage, of Boston, is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs Charles H. John
son OF Howard avenue.
Mr.. c. P. Jordan, of West Haven, was
elected vice president of the Aeriden Poul-
try association Monday evening.
Raw. w. J. Mulch. of this city, lectured in
the Y. NJ. G.. A. rooms, Meriden, last even
ing on the Testimony of the Bricks"
Mr.. Albert Campbell of Shelf. 'S7 is
spending few days with Mr.. E. B. Richard
son. He las been located in Minneapolis.
Henry Miller returned home to Stonington
on Sunday to visit his father, Mr.. August
Miller, after an absence of seven years in the
far West.
Mr.. B. F. Libby, president of the Norwalk
Lock company, died at his residence in
South Norwalk Saturday afternoon and was
buried Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hutchinson and
daughter Katie, of South Norwalk, have
gone to Florida where they will spend the
balance of the winter.
Miss Elmo Smith, of this city, at birth
day party given her by friends Tuesday night
was presented by her Bridgeport guests with
4 handsome gold watch.
Mr.. Joseph Spicer, of Westport, expects to
start on his visit to England, his native
and, next Thursday. He will be accom-
panied by his son Joseph.
Mr.. J. Murray Fairchitd, formerly for
years manager of the Western U Mon tele
graph Office in this city, is in the electric
light business in Portland, Ore.
Mr.. David Cowell, the restaurateur, has
been confined to his house by aggravated
cold for several days, but is much inn
proved and expects to be out again soon.
Manager Sperry of the Birmingham tele-
phone Office goes to Florida soon on a well
earned vacation. Barney Kaiser, the efficient
night operator, is to take control during Mr..
SperIy's absence.
James S. Andrews, of Deep River, ia mys-
teriously missing in Kansas, whittier he went
His friends have had no news from
him for some weeks. He is son of Repre-
sentative Andrews.
Mr.. G. G. Blatchley, the real estate dealer,
who has been seriously i'll for few days
past, is much more comfortable and his
condition was such yesterday as to give good
hope of his recovery.
Mrs General Cotton of New Haven. ma
tive of Whately, Mass, has given $75 for the
benefit of the Whately high school, intending
to establish a reading room for the pupils.
This cum has been increased by the towns
people.
William G. Eaton, of Oyster Point, aged
about thirty eight, having recently shown
signs of mental alteration has been sent to
the almshouse, whence he will be returned to
the insane asylum, where he was for time
several years ago.